On October 31, 2002, Madagascar's Stade Olympique de L'Emyrne fell 149-0 to AS Adema. As a protest against earlier refereeing decisions, Stade Olympique L'Emyrne purposefully scored 149 own goals throughout the game. This remains the highest scoreline defeated by any team in a professional league match worldwide.
However, this does not necessarily mean that it is the best football game ever played. After all, there was only one game being played at a time here. In addition, the players and coaches of Stade Olympique L'Emyrne must have known they were going to get walloped, so why would they have bothered showing up for the second half? Finally, although this scoreline is very impressive, it should be noted that it was achieved without using either goalkeepers or penalty kicks.
In fact, there are several other games that can compete with the record held by Madagascar's national team as the highest scoring game in world football history.
On October 31, 2002, two sides competed in a football match in Antananarivo, Madagascar. The Guinness Book of Records recognizes it as the world record holder for the highest scoreline. The final score was Olympeats 101, Anzega 0. The match was part of a fundraising game for victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami.
The match was played between Olympeats FC, based in Antananarivo, the capital city of Madagascar, and Anzega FC from Tokyo, Japan. Olympeats fielded a team composed entirely of amateur players who took a week's pay to travel to Antananarivo from all over Madagascar. Anzega had 50 professional Japanese players who were flown in for the game by their club Oz Academy.
Both teams used a FIFA-approved form of the game - the antigua scintilla. This is a modified version of association football where only five players per side are allowed. The aim is for each player in possession of the ball to take it to an empty space within shooting range of the goal. If they do so before being tackled or fouled, they get a "free kick". These can be taken anywhere within the area marked out on the field. A player cannot take more than three free kicks per game.
The inaugural UEFA European Championship encounter may have had more goals than any other finals match since, but there has been no shortage of high-scoring contests thereafter. Can you determine the nation involved in half of these 10 highest-scoring games in European history?
England's Best Scores Ever During the 1881–1882 football season, England achieved their largest-ever football victory. In a match between England and Ireland, England stunned onlookers by scoring 13 goals en route to a 13-0 win.
Archie Thompson scored the most goals in an international match ever (13) and David Zdrilic became the second greatest scorer since World War I with eight. American Samoa did not only fail to respond once, but they also conceded 26 goals during their World Cup qualification campaign.
The inaugural UEFA European Championship encounter may have had more goals than any other finals match since, but there has been no shortage of high-scoring contests thereafter. Can you determine the nation involved in half of these 10 highest-scoring games in European history?
We're all aware that bookies benefit from robbing punters, but the sums are exorbitant! While Australia owns the record for the most goals scored in a single international match, Austria and Switzerland hold the record for the most goals scored in a single World Cup game.
On October 15, 1962, the event was held at Blantyre, Malawi. This dozen-goal thrashing, dubbed the "Soccer Massacre," is Ghana's largest victory in an international match. Mfum scored five goals for the champions, while Edward Acquah netted four. The other three players added one goal each.
The final score was 12-nil to Ghana. It remains the record margin of victory by any team in an official FIFA match.
The first game was played on November 4, 1904. That year's World Cup was being held in St. Louis, Missouri, so the games were held throughout the United States. Egypt was defeated by Scotland 8-1 in front of 3,000 spectators at West Park in Pittsburgh. Ahmed Hassan scored a hat trick for Egypt, while Andrew Hunter and John MacLean got two goals each.
Scotland went on to win the cup without conceding a single goal.
The next historical match was also held in America, this time in Los Angeles, California. Brazil beat Mexico 5-0 on November 11, 1957. The five goals were scored by Rogerio, Zico, Romario, Sócrates, and Falcão. All players but Falcão came off the bench. Brazil won the match by an overwhelming margin to take the title again.
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